552 TRANS. OF THE ACAD. OF SCIENCE. 



Dr. B. F. Shumard : Bibliography and Catalogue of the North Ameri- 

 can Paleozoic Echinodermata ; on the Petroleum Springs of Missouri. 



Professor H. Shinier, of Mount Carroll, Illinois : On a new species of 

 Icterus, and on Entomological subjects. 



Dr. C. C. Parry, of Davenport : Notice of additional observations on 

 the Physiography of the Rocky Mountains, with Botanical and Hypso- 

 metrical additions by Dr. Engelmann. 



Mr. Wm. Kackler, of Wilmington, Will county, Illinois, on the Meas- 

 urement of Binary Stars. 



Dr. G. Engelmann : Meterological Report for 1864 ; Review of the 

 Genus Callitriche; More About Pines; Description of new American 

 species of the Genus Juncus ; Remarks on the Genera Viburnum and 

 Cornus. 



Mr. L. J. Cist, of this city, entertained and instructed the members by 

 the exhibition of part of his extensive collection of autographs of promi- 

 nent men of science in all nations. 



Last, but not least, I take the pleasure of informing you that according 

 to the Treasurer's books our old debts have all been paid off, and a balance 

 of over seventy dollars remains in his hands ; the publication of the num- 

 ber of our Transactions, now in press, has also been secured by the 

 liberal subscription of members. 



A diploma with an appropriate seal has been finished, and the members 

 may avail themselves of the opportunity of obtaining it from the Record- 

 ing Secretary. 



Thus I have exhibited to you an abstract of the history and the present 

 condition of our Academy. Its future is in your hands, and I trust in 

 good hands it is, which will not let the work so well begun lag and decay, 

 but will on the foundation, which we have been constructing for ten 

 years, build up a stately superstructure worthy of ourselves, our city, and 

 our great Mississippi Valley. 



Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows : 



President, George Engelmann, M.D. 



1st Vice President, Adolphus Wislizenus, M.D. 



2nd Vice President, Hon. N. Holmes. 



Corresponding Secretary, B. F. Shumard, M.D. 



Recording Secretary, Spencer Smith, Esq. 



Treasurer, Enno Sander, Ph.D. 



Librarian, G. H. E. Baumgarten, M.D. 



_ . _ „. „ f G. Engelmann, B. F. Shumard and 



Com. of Publication, j N< g olmes# 



„ , . _, f C. W. Stevens, B. F. Shumard, 



Board of Curators, j Spencer Smith, J. S. B. Alleyne. 



The Treasurer submitted his Annual Report, which was 

 examined and approved. 



Mr. Henry Flad was elected an Associate Member. 



January 22, 1866. 

 The President, Dr. Engelmann, in the chair. 

 Six members present. 



Letters were read from several societies, announcing the 

 transmission of publications, and acknowledging the receipt 

 of the Transactions of the Academy. 



